Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1561 - 1561 0911 Opportunity Knocks

Chapter 1561: Chapter 0911: Opportunity Knocks Chapter 1561: Chapter 0911: Opportunity Knocks Chapter 0911: Opportunity Knocks

However, what lingered in Li Qingping’s mind was not that incident, but the fact that during the battle between the two Great Masters, one Great Master who was covertly killed by him had a Tiger Demon as his mount. This Tiger Demon was not only glossy in fur and imposing in presence but also possessed a high cultivation level, at least at the Nascent Soul Stage. When the two Great Masters were fighting, the Tiger Demon also exerted its strength. However, compared to the Great Masters, its power was slightly weaker, resulting in it being severely injured by the other Great Master shortly after the battle began. It seemed that the Tiger Demon was not the loyal type, as it escaped with its injuries and disappeared without a trace.

Afterward, Li Qingping stealthily killed the Great Master who had lost his mount and found many treasures in his Storage Ring, including the Great Master’s cultivation technique. From the cultivation technique, Li Qingping learned that the Tiger Demon was not just the Great Master’s mount but also prepared as a medicine catalyst by him. According to the records in the cultivation technique, if one encountered an insurmountable breakthrough barrier during cultivation, one could extract the demon pill from the Tiger Demon, mix it with some natural treasures, and refine it to produce a pill that would help breakthrough the bottleneck.

Knowing this, Li Qingping became very interested. He knew his limitations in talent, that his future cultivation would inevitably meet bottlenecks he could not break through, and he had to make all sorts of preparations in advance to avoid being unable to breakthrough when he wished to.

What puzzled him was despite dispatching so many people and spending much time visiting tens of thousands of people, he still could not glean any information on the whereabouts of the Tiger Demon. No one had even heard any news related to the Tiger Demon; it was as if it had vanished after that great battle.

Initially, Li Qingping did not take this matter too seriously, thinking that, although he would eventually encounter a bottleneck, it would not come so soon. But, to his surprise, after he advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage, he felt his cultivation becoming sluggish, particularly after reaching the Second Level of the Nascent Soul Stage—his progress in increasing cultivation level was as slow as a snail crawling, remarkably slow. By then, Li Qingping knew his bottleneck was fast approaching. He thought of many methods to change this situation, but none were effective. In the end, he had to once again turn his thoughts towards the Tiger Demon.

This time, Li Qingping personally took action and started a search within a ten-thousand-mile radius centered around where the Tiger Demon had disappeared. Initially, just like before, Li Qingping found nothing, but later, during an incident at a tavern, he overheard a group of low-ranking cultivators enthusiastically discussing a so-called minor realm.

At that moment, Li Qingping was struck with a shiver—he instinctively felt that the Tiger Demon did not vanish into thin air but had accidentally found an entrance to a minor realm, then hid inside. The Tiger Demon had not shown up for so many years, likely because it was living freely within that minor realm.

The more Li Qingping thought, the more likely it seemed, so in the following period, he focused his search on investigating minor realms. However, discovering minor realms was not an easy task; usually, cultivators did not have the ability to directly find minor realms, requiring various enormous chances to have even a minuscule possibility of intersecting with a minor realm. Simply put, whether a cultivator can find a minor realm depends not on strength but on luck.

Li Qingping, having lived for hundreds of years, had gathered very little information about minor realms—he himself had encountered fewer than a handful. One can imagine how difficult it is to search for minor realms. But even though it was difficult, Li Qingping still devoted most of his energy to finding a minor realm, as it concerned whether he could break through and continue his cultivation. He spared no effort, particularly in the last few decades. After he reached the peak of the Second Level of the Nascent Soul Stage, his cultivation level completely stalled without any growth, and he had placed all his hopes on finding the Tiger Demon possibly hidden in a minor realm.

Not long ago, news of a minor realm discovered simultaneously by cultivators from Wanjie City and another city reached his ears. He rushed there immediately, but by the time he arrived, the ownership of the minor realm was already decided. He managed to deceive everyone and stealthily entered the minor realm to begin his search. Although he did not find the whereabouts of the Tiger Demon, he unexpectedly discovered many clues about it—he could confirm that the Tiger Demon had taken refuge in this minor realm to heal from its serious injuries and not only recovered fully but also dominated one part of the minor realm.

Li Qingping employed various means to inquire about the whereabouts of the Tiger Demon, eventually fixing his gaze on Qi Tian, although he felt that the likelihood of Qi Tian obtaining the Tiger Demon was minuscule. However, having ruled out all other possibilities, this was the only one left.

Originally, Li Qingping was thinking about how to make contact with Qi Tian, to see if he could snatch the Tiger Demon from Qi Tian’s hands, but even before he could implement this idea, he received a distress message sent by Li Rusen, informing him about a direct conflict between Li Rusen and Qi Tian, and that Li Rusen had suffered a significant loss at the hands of Qi Tian.

Far from being angry, Li Qingping was pleased. He had been worrying about how to make contact with Qi Tian, and the opportunity had presented itself. He hurried to meet with Li Rusen and then arrived at the small town in advance. Li Qingping, a Nascent Soul Master who dominated one faction, had anticipated the town’s development early on and had set up a cave dwelling here, where he also installed a Teleportation Array. This ensured that he could arrive here at any time with utmost speed.

“Rusen, I will take you to meet Qi Tian later. No matter what you think, you must follow my orders and not act on your own. Before I give my approval, no matter how angry you feel, you must hold it in. Direct conflicts with Qi Tian are not allowed, let alone physical altercations—verbal disputes are also forbidden,” Li Qingping said.

Li Rusen was very confused and quickly asked, “Ancestor, do we really need to bow down to Qi Tian like this? Wouldn’t this make Qi Tian even more arrogant?”

Li Qingping gave Li Rusen a cold look and said, without any intention of explaining, “Just do as I told you, and stop asking so many questions.”